Updated June 09, 2023 by the ABC11 Data Team

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Sexual Assaults
Last 12 months
2,629

Through June 06

Average Sexual Assaults
2020 to 2022
2,716

Yearly average

Sexual Assault Rate
Last 12 months
1259.2

Per 100,000 people

Average Sexual Assault Rate
2020 to 2022
1300.8

Per 100,000 people


Sexual assaults over the last 12 months are down 3% compared to the annual average over the last three years, according to the latest data available from Fayetteville Police Department.

The city averaged 219 sexual assaults a month over the last year. In 2019, that number was 226 per month.

A closer look at Fayetteville sexual assaults neighborhood by neighborhood

The danger is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood. ABC11’s data team looked at the Fayetteville Police Department’s public data about sexual assault reports by neighborhood from 2019 through June 06, 2023.

The map color-codes each neighborhood by the sexual assault rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blue areas are neighborhoods with sexual assault rates higher than the citywide rate. You can also choose to see neighborhoods by the number of reported sexual assaults.

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